Index Of Industrial Production, Malaysia July 2018

Malaysia’s Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 2.6 per cent in July 2018

The Industrial Production Index (IPI) increased by 2.6 per cent in July 2018 as compared with the same month of the previous year. The growth in July 2018 was supported by an increase in the index of Manufacturing ( 5.2%) and the index of Electricity (4.5%). Meanwhile, the index of Mining recorded a decline of 5.9 per cent (June 2018: -9.4%).

The Manufacturing sector output increased by 5.2 per cent in July 2018 after recording a growth of 4.5 per cent in June 2018. The major sub-sectors which recorded an increase in July 2018 were: Electrical and Electronic Equipment Products ( 8.0%), Petroleum, Chemical, Rubber and Plastic Products (4.0%) and Transport Equipment and Other Manufactures Products (13.5%).

The Mining sector output registered a decline of 5.9 per cent in July 2018 as compared to the same period of the previous year. The decline was contributed by the decrease in the Natural Gas Index (-15.2%). Meanwhile the Crude Oil Index increased by 4.5 per cent.

The Electricity output rose by 4.5 per cent in July 2018 following an increase of 3.0 per cent in June 2018.

*Notes:

Data for July 2018 is provisional. The data will be updated based on the latest available figures and subsequently published in the August 2018 publication.